With help from the Florida Division of Vocational Rehabilitation, Titusville resident and business owner Palma Rasmussen was able to get her vehicle converted.

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Tiffany Cowie
Special to the Democrat

She was born with multiple auto-immune diseases that make it difficult for her to stay healthy. Her joints are so badly affected that she has a hard time moving around. In fact, she relies on a wheelchair for any type of mobility.

One chat with her on the phone, though, and you know the disease hasn't affected her spirit. "I was born like this, so you kind of have to say, 'We can cry about this or we can do something about this,' and I don't intend to cry," Rasmussen says. "By the age of 15, I had the joints of a 90-year-old. I wanted to do something. I didn't want my ...